Carnival of Lean Leadership #4

Welcome to the fourth Carnival of Lean Leadership. There’s a lot of material to cover this time, so we’ll get right to it…

The highlight of the past week has been the "blogfest" on project kaizen by "The Gang of Seven", which includes our own Bill Waddell. Over 30 blog posts on the subject, and therefore a lot of reading… and re-reading and re-reading to truly capture all the great ideas. Special thanks to Hal Macomber at Reforming Project Management for organizing this activity. The posts from The Gang of Seven:

At Evolving Excellence we’ve discussed the six revolutions that will affect the future of business, and we’ve continued to push the point that the decline in the U.S. auto industry is a result of poor leadership, not market conditions.

Fashion-Incubator is a blog we’ve just come across, with a fascinating perspective on a type of manufacturing many of us aren’t often exposed to. Kathleen talks about several garment industry issues that pertain to lean, such as direction cards and pattern numbers.